CVE-2023-25588

2023-02-1500:00:00

ubuntu.com

binutils

local denial of service

uninitialized field

CVSS3

5.5

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS

Percentile

10.3%

JSON

A flaw was found in Binutils. The field the_bfd of asymbolstruct is
uninitialized in the bfd_mach_o_get_synthetic_symtab function, which may
lead to an application crash and local denial of service.

Notes

Author	Note
seth-arnold	binutils isn’t safe for untrusted inputs.

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
ubuntu18.04noarchbinutils< 2.30-21ubuntu1~18.04.9UNKNOWN
ubuntu20.04noarchbinutils< 2.34-6ubuntu1.5UNKNOWN
ubuntu22.04noarchbinutils< 2.38-4ubuntu2.2UNKNOWN
ubuntu22.10noarchbinutils< 2.39-3ubuntu1.2UNKNOWN
ubuntu14.04noarchbinutils< 2.24-5ubuntu14.2+esm1UNKNOWN
ubuntu16.04noarchbinutils< 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm6UNKNOWN

OS	Version	Architecture	Package	Version	Filename
ubuntu	18.04	noarch	binutils	< 2.30-21ubuntu1~18.04.9	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	20.04	noarch	binutils	< 2.34-6ubuntu1.5	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	22.04	noarch	binutils	< 2.38-4ubuntu2.2	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	22.10	noarch	binutils	< 2.39-3ubuntu1.2	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	14.04	noarch	binutils	< 2.24-5ubuntu14.2+esm1	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	16.04	noarch	binutils	< 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.8+esm6	UNKNOWN